#plant based protein

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I vegetables. They are awesome but it’s essential to fuel your body with more nutritious food. Hence, I add beans, a beautiful source of plant based protein, to my ratatouille and cook it in one big frying pan instead of the oven. The oven > the pan but not when you try to save time.

It’s my way to cook it. Please don’t comment it’s not ratatouille. I added “kinda” in the title

1. What is required:

  • 1 courgette*
  • 1 aubergine*
  • 1 bell pepper
  • 1 can of rinsed red beans (or any beans tbh)
  • juice of 1/3 lemon
  • 1 small onion
  • 2-3 garlic cloves
  • 1 jar of tomato sauce
  • 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar 
  • dried oregano (optional)
  • black pepper & salt to taste

* or 1 zucchini and 1 eggplant if you’re from the US 

2. The most difficult step of any meal : dice the onion and mince the garlic

3. Fry the onion and garlic cloves in a big frying pan for 3 minutes. Use around 1 tbsp oil if you don’t have a non stick frying pan.

4. Roughly chop all the remaining vegetables. Add them to the pan. Cook for 5 minutes.

5. Add beans, tomato sauce, spices, lemon juice, and balsamic vinegar. Mix well. Cover and cook for 20-25 minutes until the vegetables are tender.

6. Admire the full pan of colourful meal.

Don’t stare at the pan for a long time. It’s better to eat the meal warm although I ate it cold directly from the fridge because I didn’t have time for heating and it was still good.

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